Different researches evidenced that elearning has provided more opportunities to behave unethically than in traditional learning. A descriptive quantitative enquirybased study is performed to explore same issue in eLearning environments. The factors required for ethical development of students were extracted from literature. Later, efforts are made to assess their significance and their status in eLearning with 5point Likert scale survey. The sample consisted of 47 teachers, 298 students, and 31 administrative staff of elearning management being involved in eLearning. The work also observed state of students on various ethical behaviors. The study emphasized that the physical presence of teacher, an ethically conducive institutional environment, and the involvement of the society members are among the main factors that help in the ethical development of a student which are missing in eLearning. The results of the study showed that the moral behavior of eLearners is at decline because of lack of these required factors in eLearning. This work also suggested the need of a model indicating how these deficiencies can be addressed by the educational institutions for ethical development of higher education learners.
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